The north-west region of Syria faces its worst fighting since 03/2020‚ with rebel groups pushing into dozen towns near Aleppo. The three-day offensive (which started on wed) brought significant territory changes for the first time in many years
The militant group Hayat Tahrir al-Sham leads the attack against Bashar al-Assadʼs government-held areas. Syrian military reports heavy counter-strikes in Aleppo and Idlib regions‚ while Russian-backed air-forces conduct bombing runs near the Turkish border
Weʼre deeply alarmed by the situation unfolding in northwest Syria
The violence took its toll on regular people: twenty-seven civilians (including eight kids) lost their lives. Local news tells about university dorm attack that killed four people - two of them being students. The Syrian army and rebel sources confirm that Russian and Syrian planes are trying to push-back the offensive
Dmitry Peskov from Kremlin says this attack breaks Syriaʼs rights; Moscow wants quick action to fix things. The whole situation breaks the deal made between Russia and Turkey about four years ago (when they tried to calm things down in the region)
The current clash marks the biggest change since that old agreement: rebels took new land while government tries to push them back. Russian planes help al-Assadʼs forces near the Turkey border where most action happens